-
The inflation rate tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas was at 4.7%, up from 4.5% in July.
-
As the pandemic recedes, jobs are returning even though many workers aren’t. While some have retired or left the workforce, others are furthering their education. KERA found a few of them at an aviation maintenance competition. They’re back in school, learning how to repair planes, and were competing with a team of fellow students.
-
It's been two years since the first reported case of COVID-19 in North Texas. Best friends Tamra Nicole and Lauren Bridges have weathered job uncertainty together as their industries changed during the pandemic.
-
Hiring slowed sharply last month, even as the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%. Data from the Labor Department suggest the economy was losing steam even before the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant.
-
Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative.
-
U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday, an improvement from April’s sluggish increase of 278,000. Yet the gain fell well short of employers’ need for labor. The unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 6.1%.
-
U.S. employers added 49,000 jobs last month, after a pandemic-driven slump in December. Unemployment fell to 6.3%.
-
The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 638,000 jobs and the unemployment rate tumbled a full percentage point to 6.9%, extending what has been a faster recovery than many economists expected in the spring.
-
In an interview with NPR, Powell says it may take years before the economy has fully recovered. He says practicing social distancing and wearing masks is essential for the economy to rebound.
-
There have been almost 1.4 million jobs added in the U.S. during August, but hiring has slowed and some job cuts may become permanent.
-
Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the recession.
-
Another 881,000 people applied for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. That's down from the previous week, but the report comes with an asterisk.